Watch-crystal tray



Oct. 29, 1929. T. ToBlTA WATCH CRYSTAL TRAY Filed Nov. 19. 1928 v 1NVENTO/e. 7'05/7/0 Tab/af 15u/: AT RNEYS.

Patented Oct. 29,

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TOSHIO TOBITA', NEW YORK, N. Y.

v WATCH-CRYSTAL TRAY Applieatzion filed November 19, 192.8. Serial No.320,277.

n invention a tray adapted to be used yby jewelers, Watchmaliersyand soorth7 for holding Watch crystals or glasses in a conlyenlinrt and'accessible manner so that `they maybe maintained in classiiied ordertherehy (en ahlin and to p i 'i k i i the'rnto be selectivelyufitlidravvn ticular `Watch lo'kezels. Trays of thecharacter underconsideration are generallyiittedin aL suitable cabinet sfofthat the,watch Crystal Withdrawn andthe ysfseiecwted as state'dQ tray [4t-fileetw-110115 Si, yin the' .respective The presea .iirte y e upoii .theWatch Cri/Stal tray described, .111 my hs and shapes are cla'lssiiiedompartments.'

is an improvement retenue. 1,625,754gesueigo April 19,1927.trayfdisclosed rthereinis divided into compartment bymeansoi: front 'to`rear and transverselyextending partitions andiii each of theseIcompartments is positioned a yfiller piece. lThe partitions extend `orthe full an d are

depth of the. ,tray several partitions y the top of the'tray'.

"structyed of `Wood and is provi/ded with the upper 'ledges of the Hushwith the plane of The filler piece is coningupper surface andthesefiller piecesl` are litted'snugly into the respective compartments andare permanently` glued into position; 'Their purpose ni'oval oi crystalsThe prior construct isjto facilitate the rerom the eompartments.

ion to kwhich I have' referred has metivith inarlted approval'eommerellyvantage.

but has yene pronounced vdisad- 'lhat is to say ycrystals Vare generallyelassiiied in accordance with shape and Size, mi these shapes andletters, numbers and n tic, tray aecordan i that'these designation ditethe rselection of tal.. Styles in Watch @emmer Subject- #O l d, "inaccordancey jvith sizes are identiii'ed by code our practice,

ames; and yitis the prac- /to niark the several compartments of the cewith these designations so s onthe tray `WilleXpethe appropriatecryscrystal's are,4 however, change and it is necesytering is obviated.

tions of th a slop- A sary to frequently add different sizes and andyshapes and to substitute such shapes vfor those previously in vogue.Viththepres'ent form of tray, they substitutionhor change is bothersome"as involves considerable Work `in rearrangement ofthe `orysftalsinfthe'lvarijustment of the sequence of 1nuiii ering or et- M "f 'La'yur :vii: ,ig

ventoh .is t Overcomeths. Pl'ovlSlOri. Of i tion wherein ",I am @pleitoObtain this result by a novel tray constructionhereinaftermore fullydescribed. i Hovveve'i,A generally `stated5`tlie invention Consistsmaking'transversepartitray 'somewhat ,lower thanz the front to rearpartitions'and'also so constructing filler pieces'th'at they aredetaelibly positioned yWithin" the respective"compartments and areforniedtooverlie the upperiedg'e of the' transverse partition:constituting the foriv'ard walhof'each co'rnpartn'ient.''v This ar`rangement permits iiller'l`piece`s` to *be individually removed togetherwith all the crystais 'supported thereon so thatthelentire contents ofeach compartment canhe'invedivith the correspondingr filler piece and'readily' shifted to 'soi'ne other compartment; At the same time theconstruction'of the lfiller pieces, as stated',-provides a'relativelyextensive Hat surfaceon which identifying indicia, preferably printedupon a gummed sticker', can be secured,v sothat when the filler"piece'is re-V moved fronione compartment to ano`t-her,'tlie'identifying characters' accompany 'such filler piece together withcorresponding crystals.

' thecasual observer, the tray retains its conventional appearance.

Features of the invention other than those specified will be apparentfrom the following detailed description, from the accompanying drawingsand the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown one practical form of theinvention, but the showing therein made is to be understood asillustrative only and not as delining the limits of the invention.V

ing one corner of a tray embodying the present invention, the fillersbeing shown as omitted from three of the compartments tov more clearlyshow the invention;

Figure 2 is a vertical frontto rear section of the tray with the fillerremoved from the center compartment.; n

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the fillers. Y y Y n A The trayof the present invention is preferably made in the form of a relativelyextensive shallow draweradapted to be associated with a suitable cabinetadapted to hold a 'number of such drawers. In the drawing, l

designates the front VVwall of the tray, 2 one of theside walls, and3the bottom of the tray.

The tray isdivided transversely by front to rearr extending partitions 4and from front to rear by transversely extending partitions 5.Partitions and 5 collectively serve to divide the confines of the trayinto relatively small compartments adapted to serve as depositories for`watch crystals of assorted shapes and sizes, properly classified. Itwill be noted from Figure 2 in particular that the partions t extendupwardly from the bottom 3 to the plane of the top of tray whereas thepartitions 5 are made somewhat lower in that they terminate in spacedrelation tothe v upper edge of the partitions 4.

In each compartment is positioned a filler V7 of the characterillustrated in Figure 3.

This filler is in the form of a wood block the base of which issubstantially the same in Size and shape asthe floor of eachcompartment,

and the depth of each filler yis equalto the interior depth of the trayso that when the filler is positioned within the compartment it willoverlie the entire bottom of the compartment and will extend upwardly tothe plane of the topof the tray. The upper portion of the block fromwhich each filler is formed is cut away as shown at 8 so as to providean inclined concave surface although such surface may be inthe form of astraight inclined plane if desired. The purpose of the sloping surfaceis'to cause watch crystals deposited in the compartments and restingupon the surfaces of thel respective llers to cant and par. take ofstepped relation in order to assure ed and the identifying theirconvenient removal. Wooden llers are employed in practice for the reasonthat wood has no tendency to scratch watch crystals. As stated thefiller is made as deep as the interior depth of the tray, and eachfiller is formed-at its top with a forwardly extend ing flange 9 adaptedwhen the filler is in place in the compartment to overlie the upper edgeof the contiguous transverse partion 5 as clearly shown in Figure 2.This flange facilitates the removal of the filler from the compartmentfor it willrbe apparent from Figure 2 that by extending the flange asshown the upper portion of the filler can be Figure l is a fragmentalperspective shoW- readily grasped when it is desired to lift the fillerout of the compartment and move it to Aedge of each filler and on'thissurface I preferably paste a gummed label bearing code numbers, lettersor names appropriate to watch crystals adapted to be received in thecorresponding compartment. When in the course of business, it becomesdesirable to shift about the contents of the tray this can be readilyaccomplished by simply shifting the fillers from one compartment toanother and in so doing the contents of the respective compartments willbe correspondingly shiftdesignations on the gumned labels will accompanythe crystals as they are shifted. There is therefore no possibility ofconfusion or improper classification suchas invariably occurs whencrystals are shifted individually withconsequent necessity of re-markingcompartments through the application of new or substituted stickers.Furthermore, with the arrangement described, the individual crystalsrequire a minimum of handling and thus tendency to scratch the crystalsis minimized. Y

The foregoing detailed description sets `forth the invention in itspreferred practical form but the invention is to be understood as fullycommensurate with the appended claim.

I claim- A watch crystal holder embodying a tray divided by a pluralityof intersecting longitudinal and transverse partitions into a pluralityof rectangular compartments, said longitudinal partitions extending forthe full depth of the tray with their upper edges flush with the planeof the top o f the tray and the transverse partitions being of lesserheight than the longitudinal partitions and with the upper edges ofthetransverse partitions spaced from the pla-ne of the top of the tray, aller block rremovably seated in each compartment and the base of eachfiller block being co-extensive with and 4adapted to rest upon thebottom of the compartment, the forward portion of each block extendingupwardly to substantially the plane of the TOSHIO TOBITA.

